Brandon L.

Athletic Director-Marlborough School

[Brandon L. @CoachBLincoln]

@LACourtReport Certainly underrated, Portland and Seattle have deep roots within their communities. Great players and programs in those cities.

[Brandon L. @CoachBLincoln]

@CSUMBasketball Congrats Has!

[Colorado State Men’s Basketball @CSUMBasketball]

Welcome to Fort Collins, Coach Haslam!

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[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

I wish Coaches and Players at the highest level would teach the next generation to make less excuses and figure it out

Sports are a microcosm of life

Figure it the F*** out

How about blaming your team for giving up back breaking offensive rebounds

[Brandon L. @CoachBLincoln]

@CoachEdFicklin @James_Escarcega @SGVNSports @coachmark_48 @tspeterson40 @latsondheimer Big time!!! 🙌🏾

[Eddie Ficklin Jr @CoachEdFicklin]

I am honored and humbled to accept the Head Football Coach position at Maranatha High School. The power of prayer is real! I look forward to building up this program while having a lot of fun! Pasadena, I’m back! 🙏🏿🌹🧃
@SGVNSports @coachmark_48 @tspeterson40 @latsondheimer

[Oregon Men's Basketball @OregonMBB]

Payton Pritchard had a night!

The Pro Duck dropped a postseason career-high 32 points in the Celtics win. #GoDucks

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

Payton Pritchard has always been SPECIAL

His Oregon Highlight tape we could watch all day

(Via @pitlessball 🎥)

[Luke Falk @coachlukefalk]

Every training camp I had at Washington State University, Coach Leach would share the same story.
The story of two kids. The rich kid and the poor kid.

The rich kid has two choices. He can become spoiled, entitled, lazy, and expect everything to be handed to him because he has been given more. Or he can take every advantage of what he has been given—resources, coaching, opportunities—and use it to become even better.

The poor kid has two choices too. He can say, “I never had a chance. Nobody gave me anything. The world is against me.” He can feel sorry for himself and use it as an excuse. Or he can say, “I may not have what they have, but I am going to outwork everybody.” He can become tougher, more driven, and more relentless than everybody else.

It was a powerful message in a locker room full of people from different backgrounds, different families, and different life experiences. Some guys came from wealth. Some came from almost nothing. Some had every opportunity. Others had to fight for every inch.

But despite all of those differences, everybody still had the same choice.

You can take ownership and use what you have as fuel.

Or you can become victim-minded. You can look for excuses, blame your circumstances, become entitled, and convince yourself that because of what you have—or because of what you do not have—you cannot become what you want to be.

It is not about how you start. It is about what you choose to do with how you start.

The rich kid can waste what he has been given or use it to build something greater. The poor kid can use his circumstances as an excuse or as fuel.

In the end, greatness does not come from starting with more or less. It comes from which person inside of you that you choose to feed.

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[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

“Our basketball development in the US needs to be better… AAU basketball is probably the worst brand of basketball.” - Jalen Brunson

(Via @Roommates__Show 🎥)

[Chance White @wlychance4]

Let’s work.🦉💙 #committed #agtg @OITMBB

[Sam Kayser @KayserHoops]

NEWS: Boise State forward Andrew Meadow announced he’s committed to Oregon.

The 6-foot-7 junior out of Santa Clarita, California played the first three seasons of his career at Boise State. Started 68 of 102 career games.

He averaged 12.1PPG, 3.6RPG and 1.0APG this season.

[Alan Stein, Jr. @AlanSteinJr]

Next play isn’t ignoring what happened—it’s choosing a disciplined response over an emotional reaction.

[Overtime @overtime]

This was pregame 👀

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[Brandon L. @CoachBLincoln]

@Memphis_MBB @CoachMock11 Big Time Mock!

[Memphis Basketball @Memphis_MBB]

Let’s work 👊

Sean Mock has been named an Assistant Coach!

📰 https://t.co/OrKds614sP

[Netflix @netflix]

UNTOLD: JAIL BLAZERS premieres April 14.

In the early 2000s, the Portland Trail Blazers were stacked with talent—and surrounded by controversy.

Through firsthand stories from Rasheed Wallace, Damon Stoudamire, and Bonzi Wells, this is an unfiltered look at a team caught between brilliance and notoriety—and the media storm that followed.

[Brenna Greene @BrennaGreene_]

Terrence Hill Jr. on all the support he got from Portland after his game-winner last night:

"It's amazing... So many texts, so many praises after the game... I have that city on my back."

We'll have more from Terrence tonight at 5 on on KOIN+ broadcast!

[Aaron Torres @Aaron_Torres]

Nolan Smith didn't get the Tennessee State job until July of last summer.

After winning the regular season, they just won the Ohio Valley title and an auto bid to the NCAA Tournament.

As good of a coaching job as ANYONE in college hoops.

Congrats @TSUTigersMBB

[WNBA @WNBA]

It is with profound sadness that we mourn the passing of 2x WNBA Champion Kara Braxton.

A 10-season veteran, Kara played with the Detroit Shock, Tulsa Shock, Phoenix Mercury, and New York Liberty. Our thoughts are with her family, friends, and former teammates at this time.